Nicholas Smit - Retaggr Profile

About Me

London based technology consultant, web entrepreneur, and developer.

Engaged with computers for as long as I can remember, I now spend my time developing web applications or providing social media and technology advice. I am a co-founder and the main techie behind Retaggr.

I have a strong interest in the confluence of semantic data, strong AI, and other transhumanist ideas. Despite this, I'm still someone you might invite to a party.

I love chatting to other entrepreneurs and tech minded people. If you're in central London, ping me for a coffee.

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160 Kensington High Street

London

W8 7RG

UK

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Affiliated with Retaggr
Is Microsoft Certified Professional

Professional Information

Company	Retaggr
Position	Founder
Industry	Information Technology and Services

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Company Information : Retaggr

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160 Kensington High Street

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W8 7RG

UK

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Status Messages

	Say what you like about iphone 4, it definitely shows the potential of augmented reality a whole bunch better: http://youtu.be/VP4-wdMMLFo a week ago
	RT @arnteriksen WIRED Predicted the iPad...11 Years Ago (Picture) http://ow.ly/2ck2R a week ago
	Genetic study shows that in fact the chicken came first: http://bit.ly/aIKTHG 2 weeks ago
	@digitalista And nothing to do with the aesthetics I assume? ;) 2 weeks ago
	Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by: “Minority Report” style http://bit.ly/9US6vJ 2 weeks ago
	Just goes to show,even if you are GODs at marketing,it can all go so wrong so quickly. Apple emergency press call: http://bit.ly/bSkBlt 2 weeks ago
	This is genius marketing. RT @db How the Old Spice Videos Are Being Made http://bit.ly/apVJQB 2 weeks ago
	RT @seaMOSS iPhone 4 recall would cost $1.5 billion http://ping.fm/9XVto 2 weeks ago
	Can't say I'm enthralled with the bbc's new look and feel. 2 weeks ago
	Interesting - google admits that humans tinker with the rankings: http://bit.ly/ca4C9k 2 weeks ago

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Blogs

	Thoughts, Code, Other
	Retaggr Official Blog

	Thoughts, Code, Other Quick Tip - Visual Studio Tracking Active Item Bug	a year ago
	Retaggr Official Blog News on an exciting upcoming feature, and Retaggr Premium	a year ago
	Thoughts, Code, Other Developing with ASP.Net MVC Preview 2 and MVC RTM, side by side.	a year ago
	Thoughts, Code, Other Subversion and changing password	a year ago
	Retaggr Official Blog Your definitive profile page is here	a year ago
	Retaggr Official Blog New feature - your last tweet as an image	a year ago
	Retaggr Official Blog New York, New York!	a year ago
	Retaggr Official Blog What have we been up to?	a year ago
	Retaggr Official Blog Introducing the Click to Add Me button	a year ago
	Retaggr Official Blog Some additions to your profile	a year ago

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Discussions

	Re: 6 Online Business Card Tools To Spread Your Personal Brand 3 months ago
	Was a temporary blip - back up.

	Re: Mono on Android, update - Miguel de Icaza 8 months ago
	I would also love to know of any updates on this. Guy, if you come across anything, any chance of letting me know? niksmit [at] google's email service - thanks a stack.

	Re: Twitter Travel Apps & Sites 10 months ago
	Inoqo - www.inoqo.com - TRUE last-moment hotel offers, in real-time, via twitter, for 100 global cities.

	Joery-Bruijntjes a year ago
	It’s great seeing so many options, and as you say, each as their benefits and it’s a case of finding the one that works for you. A project of mine (Retaggr) does lifestreaming to, and you can put it all under your own domain.View my page : http://niksmit.me for an example. Just plop in your usernames, pick a theme, and you’re done.Read more comments by niksmit

	GUI Planning Made Easy with the Pencil Project a year ago
	Be sure to check out balsamiq.com as well.Read more comments by niksmit

	Re: Albumcoverama a year ago
	Awesome!

	HOW TO: Manage Multiple Social Media Profiles a year ago
	Some interesting ideas in your post - understand your need for the API. Would be great to have you as a tester on that - I'll definitely ping you closer to the time - thanks.If anyone else is interested in similar access, please do drop me a line at retaggr.com/ContactThanks!Read more comments by niksmit

	HOW TO: Manage Multiple Social Media Profiles a year ago
	@ahynes1 The good news is that a Retaggr API is in the works :)Read more comments by niksmit

	Re: HOW TO: Manage Multiple Social Media Profiles a year ago
	Some interesting ideas in your post - understand your need for the API. Would be great to have you as a tester on that - I'll definitely ping you closer to the time - thanks.If anyone else is interested in similar access, please do drop me a line at retaggr.com/ContactThanks!

	Re: HOW TO: Manage Multiple Social Media Profiles a year ago
	@ahynes1 The good news is that a Retaggr API is in the works :)

	picture-231 a year ago
	Thanks very much for the coverage Zee. Retaggr is under active development and we’re really excited about some of the features in the pipeline. (One of those features is indeed a “themes 2.0″) We love feedback, so please do let us know your thoughts so we can feed them into that process.@Sasha - apologies, on their way today!If anyone else also likes to plaster their laptop with stickers, drop me a line at retaggr.com/ContactThanks,NikRead more comments by niksmit

	retaggr_profile a year ago
	Thanks very much for the post Mark.I would like to call out two other new features real quick, as they were the most asked for by Retaggr users: - themes, - and the ability to put your profile under your own domain name. Both help to let you really own your profile.Thanks again for the comments - please shout if you have any further ideas/comments/suggestions - we love feedback.Read more comments by niksmit

	Re: Retaggr adds Lifestreaming to their Ultimate Profile Service \| Lifestream Blog a year ago
	Thanks very much for the post Mark.I would like to call out two other new features real quick, as they were the most asked for by Retaggr users: - themes, - and the ability to put your profile under your own domain name. Both help to let you really own your profile.Thanks again for the comments - please shout if you have any further ideas/comments/suggestions - we love feedback.

	Twitter lays the foundation for it’s revenue model a year ago
	Gnipcentral.com provides an invaluable service in this area… we use them for Retaggr.Their offering is not 100% complete, but they already have a charging scheme in place for heavy consumers of twitter (and other publishers') data.Read more comments by niksmit

	Re: Twitter lays the foundation for it’s revenue model a year ago
	Gnipcentral.com provides an invaluable service in this area... we use them for Retaggr.Their offering is not 100% complete, but they already have a charging scheme in place for heavy consumers of twitter (and other publishers') data.

	Is Twitter Strangling its Famous API? a year ago
	There is a solution to this : gnipcentral.com (we use them for Retaggr's feed).Right now its not a 100% solution, but once the new firehouse mentioned in the article is done, it will be. Includes facilities for heavy users to pay.Read more comments by niksmit

	retaggr: a Portable Interactive Web 2.0 Profile a year ago
	Thanks for the post!Read more comments by niksmit

	One of the Most Useful “Web” Tips I Have Ever Learnt: Unique Password for Every Site. a year ago
	Definitely an improvement over using the same password everywhere, but the most secure solution of course is to use strong, completely random passwords on every site. Recommend Roboform - takes all the hard work out of this. Works on all your browsers (except Chrome of course…grumble), and you can sync your logins across multiple machines.Read more comments by niksmit

	Twitter .NET / C# Library (Yedda Dev Blog) a year ago
	Be aware twitter have made changes which breaks this a bit. Fix with the line System.Net.ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;

	Create Your Own Web Footprint Page:Extendr a year ago
	Retaggr has two main features, the business card, and the new "Retaggr Page". Both are powered by your same Retaggr profile.While I agree with you that the card is somewhat compact, the Retaggr page is very clear in terms of what the icons mean, with everything laid out neatly and categorized. You can also home it under your own domain name.http://www.retaggr.com/home/about/profilepage for more info.Read more comments by niksmit

	Re: Create Your Own Web Footprint Page:Extendr a year ago
	Retaggr has two main features, the business card, and the new "Retaggr Page". Both are powered by your same Retaggr profile.While I agree with you that the card is somewhat compact, the Retaggr page is very clear in terms of what the icons mean, with everything laid out neatly and categorized. You can also home it under your own domain name.http://www.retaggr.com/home/about/profilepage for more info.

	Could This Be Your All-in-One Social Network? a year ago
	Thanks for th epost Marshall. Funnily enough, this is exactly what we're busy on.Pop along to my page at www.retaggr.com/page/niksmit to get an idea of where we are. We support the widget concept, your feeds, contact options, and a strong effort to represent the "you" across all your networks. We don't yet have all the features Marc mentioned (our focus is outward, not inward), but we're working on it. More detail at www.retaggr.comRead more comments by niksmit

	Whois for Twitter! Who knew? a year ago
	Agreed. Especially as twitter becomes more mainstream, these niceties start to count.Read more comments by niksmit

	Whois for Twitter! Who knew? a year ago
	Use “f USERNAME” to follow :)Read more comments by niksmit

	XavierNelson.com is now Retaggr enabled - More ‘link-love’ for your comments a year ago
	Hi Xavier, Thanks for joining the Retaggr community!And for the positive feedback Look out for some extra stuff coming in Jan.With regards to the twitter delay - the problem unfortunately lies with twitter. They’re having an issue getting notifications out for all their members at all times. It looks like they’re making some headway on the issue though, so with any luck it should be back to normal (less than 2 minute delay) soon. Let us know if you need anything else All the best.Read more comments by niksmit

	Why blogging comments suck a year ago
	The problem of context, and being able to get more info about someone, without leaving the page, is exactly what we do.Your Retaggr Card is sort of a business card 2.0. All your personal, social and professional info, is in there, and the content you generate on on the web (Flickr, twitter, etc.) is there too. But here’s the cool bit : add our wordpress (.org) plugin, and when people leave comments on your blog, instead of just having the url to the person, their Retaggr card pops up and does exactly what you want Robert - you can see their Friendfeed, twitter, etc., and get to know them.Think of it as the gravatar idea but taken to the next level.You can see it in action on our test blog : http://www.spicevine.comOr more info : http://www.retaggr.comRead more comments by niksmit

	Why Monetize Twitter? a year ago
	Some quick comments : 1. As you say - this would be shooting Twitter in it’s own foot, inhibiting free flow and up take. Bad idea.2. Many of these would be difficult to set up as premium due to Twitters distribution of content via API. 3rd party clients can already build this, and indeed much of the functionality you mentioned is already available from them. Turning off the api would not be an option, and limiting it impossible. 3. I think this could definitely work to an extent, especially with gmail-like semantic understanding. 4. Agreed, but small fry in the big scheme of things, unless they became copyright nazis and tried to stop well meaning fans from printing their own t-shirts, which again is not in the spririt of things. 5. Possibly, but the case has not been proven. Also, see Yammer.6. Same as point 1 - charging third parties for access to the data would kill Twitter. Gnipcentral is however charging for value-add on top of the base data. Once anyone has the data, hard to charge for analytics.7. I’m not going to argue with Rob It will indeed be interesting to see what they announce.Read more comments by niksmit

	7 Beautiful Data Visualizations (With Videos) a year ago
	Check out wefeelfine.org for some interesting visualization of the global zeitgeist.Read more comments by niksmit

	The Prickly Prince Strikes Again a year ago
	Everyone being perpetually positive, instead of rational, is what got us into this mess.Read more comments by niksmit

	Gnip 2.0 Launches, With A Business Model a year ago
	We’ve been using Gnip to power the status messages on retaggr for quite some time. It’s a great service conceptually, and very well executed.Read more comments by niksmit

	Twitter Election Page is Disgusting! a year ago
	Get your points, especially about spam, but we thoroughly enjoyed watching the debate on tv, with that twitter page scrolling past next to it on a laptop. Provided a great barometer as to how the world at large was reacting.And although its an American election, its hard to argue that the result doesn’t affect most people, American or not, so there is still significant relevancy to those outside the states, like myself.Lastly, the different views these two will make a direct impact on how hard it is for people to “make a dime” in the future.My 2c Read more comments by niksmit

	Camson's Corner a year ago
	These are great - thanks! The wonder years bit really brought back memories Read more comments by niksmit

	Who cares about Chrome. IE6 Has 25% Market Share a year ago
	Understand your frustration. We spend loads of time coding for $%$&ing IE6 at retaggr.But another shiny new browser, pushed by everyone's favourite benign dictator, means many many more chances for those IE6 users to get exposed to the idea that another (better) browser exists. Lets hope ;)Read more comments by niksmit

	HaveYouSeenMyStapler.NET - Viral Tarpara's Blog : Microsoft Relaxes Virtualization Licensing Rules - (Eileen Brown's WebLog : Finally: Exchange 2007 Beta 2 is here...) a year ago
	Hey Viral, This is good news -thanks for pointing it out. What would be really great (for start ups especially) is if this was extended to a generic cloud computing service, on which we could run our IIS based apps... any news on something like that? Nik

	Re: :) &роидами для &роидов (: a year ago
	Lol :) Maybe if she'd called it Spinach Home Edition Premium?

	Re: Cloud computing brings us rain 2 years ago
	Agreed. Its a bit premature, but we have to start somewhere. The current incarnation of cloud apps solves problems in certain well defined areas, but not all, and has its vulnerabilities. But traditional apps in the traditional environment have their limitations and risks too, as emsquared pointed out. I agree with you Roland - we need an umbrella - but its not too hard to imagine a future where the cloud is reliable, and we stop thinking about it - like electricity.

	Re: louisgray.com: As I Get Older, Some Online "Friending" Gets Creepier 2 years ago
	My 2c is that there's something incredibly wrong with inhibiting totally positive innocent actions (like just being friendly to someone 10 years younger than you, or helping a young child across the street) because of some possible perceived social infraction.Only the guilty should feel guilty,but recently our societal norms seem to reinforce this collective guilt idea. At the risk of sounding like a hippy, we need all the positivity,mentoring, and free exchange of ideas we can get - not less.Surely we should be judging people based on what they do - a meritocracy. The internet is fantastic in levelling the playing fields (location, gender, race, etc.) - (further hippy alert) ideally those ideas would become more expressed in the real world too.I agree with Peter - how we deal with this online will either further encourage the media sensationalisation, or perhaps curb it. Actually discussing it is a great first step though, as I think a lot of people keep these thoughts in their heads, and end up just erring on the side of caution by default.

	Re: Retaggr - An Interactive Business Card 2 years ago
	Hi Corvida!Thanks for checking out retaggr :) We're just getting going, so any feedback is welcome.Couldn't agree with your more - customization is a key part of a card like this, and it's on our todo list. Ultimately you will have a large amount of control over how your card looks. They key part about retaggr that makes it interesting though is that it follows you around the web. It really is quite different in its focus than mybloglog. With retaggr, if you comment on another (retaggr enabled) website, your Profile Card will be left there, against your comment, as a popup. When your readers are looking at comments, they can now find out exactly who the commentor is, without leaving your site, and interact with the widgets in the card.For the blog, this is great, as it adds a whole bunch of relevance and encourages a community that know each other better. For the person leaving the comment, its good because they can get better visibility on their online life (if they choose), be contactable, and express themself business-wise, or personally. A good example is this very comment. It will automatically go into my Disqus widget on my card. But I use cocomment too and unfortunately my cocomment comments are invisible to your users. My retaggr card has both, so on a retaggr enabled blog they would see a complete picture.p.s Great site - added it straight into my RSS reader :)

	Cache your blog pages (The top 2 ways to turbocharge your WordPress blog — WP Project) 2 years ago
	One of the things that affects page load speed the most is the number of separate files (css /javascript, etc) referenced from your page. Even if the files themselves are small, the overhead of making the connection is what kills performance. YSlow from Yahoo (http://www.yahooapis.com/yslow/ ) can help identify this, and other issues. HTH

	Re: Disqus - the non-stupid version 2 years ago
	The points raised about SEO are valid. Perhaps theres a possible solution involving robots.txt (or similar) to point spiders towards disqus for the content....

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